Category: EU Reporter

The current energy crisis is a good example of “emancipatory catastrophism” — the idea that humanity only moves forward out of fear for a catastrophe. Sometimes one needs a looming disaster to change what should have been changed long ago.

Notwithstanding the remarkable Ukrainian advances, a Russian defeat would not necessarily translate into regime change in Moscow. It is likely Putin will try to spin his military setbacks as evidence of the existential threat facing Russia.

The Malta-based EU asylum agency is facing abuse allegations from disenfranchised employees who accuse the leadership under Nina Gregori of nepotism and the mishandling of harassment claims, reports the Financial Times newspaper. The Financial Times says the complaint has been received by the EU’s anti-fraud office Olaf. The agency has denied any wrongdoing.

The EU throws away more food than it imports, according to a report from the environmental group Feedback EU published on Tuesday. While the bloc imported almost 138 million tonnes of agricultural products in 2021, it is estimated that the EU wastes 153.5 million tonnes of food every year. Responding to these figures, NGOs have […]

Some 20,000 people came out in protest against Moldova’s pro-European president, Maria Sandu, and her government on Sunday amid soaring inflation due to the Ukraine war, Reuters reports. The cost of energy rose 50 percent in August and a further 29 percent in September. Overall inflation is 34.3 percent. A recent internal EU document singled […]

Azerbaijan has lashed out at US speaker Nancy Pelosi after she backed Armenian claims over recent violence. Pelosi said in Yerevan Sunday she condemned Azerbaijan’s attacks, which killed over 100 Armenian soldiers, but Azerbaijan denies the killings. “This is a serious blow to the efforts to normalise relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the Azeri foreign […]

Some 64 people were arrested, five cars were damaged, and 10 policemen were hurt in Belgrade Saturday when police clashed with right-wing demonstrators, who were trying to disrupt a pride march, Reuters reports. “I am very proud that we managed to avoid more serious incidents,” Serbian prime minister Ana Brnabić said. The government had initially […]

Civil society organisations are taking legal action against the European Commission for the inclusion of gas and nuclear in the EU taxonomy.

The far-right Brothers of Italy, which dominates the conservative alliance, is set to be the largest single party, and has widened its lead over the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).

What would happen if Russia were to fire a nuclear strike? Most likely it would be a tactical strike, with a smaller nuclear missile.